Help! I just woke up and was stabbed by a big kid

Is it necessary to be so grand?

Gu Yue was stunned. What was he doing? Just submitting a manuscript, but he had to go into a secret room?

You don’t want to kill people to silence them!

But those manuscripts were not complete versions, and Gu Yue didn’t think he was powerful enough to make people kill people and steal treasures.

What a great honor!

Gu Yue and the shop owner entered the secret room. After walking down a flight of stairs, they came to a room with elegant decoration and bright lights. The shop owner asked Gu Yue to sit down, took hot water from the clay stove on the side, and made a pot of tea. Then he leaned back comfortably on the armchair.

Gu Yue sat down. Looking at the chair with a mahogany base and square coarse cloth cushions, the more he looked at it, the more it looked like a new Chinese-style sofa.

"I'm Su Zhen, the head of Hangdou Bookstore in Sushui County." Su Zhen peeled an orange. "Although you're a little inferior in literary talent, your writing is quite ingenious. This article on cultivating immortals can be serialized in the supplement for the time being to see the effect. This unsolved mystery can be directly published in the newspaper, and it will definitely be very popular."

Gu Yue nodded and complained in his heart. Do you think others don't know that the owner of Hangdou is Zhen Suhang?

Return the frame.

But he was not 100% sure, and Gu Yue did not show any expression on his face.

I also feel a little emotional. No wonder authors who plagiarize other people's ideas are so popular. It is really easy to stand on the shoulders of giants.

He was just imitating the popular pseudo-science series of books in the world, with some mysterious model like "Unsolved Mysteries of the World" and so on. He researched some Northern Qin Geography, Northern Qin Monster Map and Classic of Mountains and Seas, and then created some magical short stories. How could it be so popular?

Of course he didn't intend to copy it, how uncultured? And the story of the world's unsolved mysteries was not applicable to Bei Qin.

"Can you tell us about your creative ideas?" Su Zhen asked.

Gu Yue was well prepared. He said truthfully, "Nowadays, people love gossip. They just need some fun to spice up their lives. In addition, Hangdou Bookstore has been very popular in recent years. People are less ignorant and think they are knowledgeable... so... this kind of articles under the name of "investigating things" should be favored... so... Hangdou Bookstore itself is also very authoritative... so... people like it and it spreads by word of mouth... so... sales... so... "

After the long call, he was so thirsty that his mouth was dry. Su Zhen nodded repeatedly and poured him tea.

"Very good, Mr. Gu is so insightful. It's true that you can't judge a book by its cover." Su Zhen said with a smile.

However, after observing for a long time, Gu Yue still couldn't tell whether the owner of this bookstore was from the modern era like him.

"Oh, I'm so careless. I haven't asked Mr. Gu Yue for his pen name yet?"

"Hmm... Yue Gu Qianshan." Gu Yue said. Although using his real name wouldn't arouse suspicion, it was better to be on the safe side.

"Nice name. Since you are interested in submitting your work to my Hangdou Bookstore, let's talk about money." Su Zhen rubbed his fingers and smiled lively.

After some discussion, they decided to pay 100 taels per article for the manuscript of Unsolved Mysteries, but the quality had to meet the requirements. In addition, there was a commission from magazine sales and dividends from voting coupons in newspaper inserts. Su Zhen estimated that there would be about 500 taels of income per month.

The fee for articles on cultivating immortality is less, at 20 taels per article, and the commission is the same, and the pay will increase depending on the situation in the future.

There is another responsible manuscript consultant, Su Zhen himself. Gu Yue is under great pressure. Who knows if he is the boss? It is very likely!

"Do you know why I brought you to this secret room to discuss?" Su Zhen was not the type to put on airs or speak in honorifics. He had already leaned back on the sofa.

"Why?" Gu Yue was alert.

At this moment, countless possibilities flashed through his mind. The real purpose was exposed? To facilitate homosexuality? To confess secretly? To recognize each other as fellow villagers?

The word "symbol" was on the tip of his tongue, but Su Zhen winked at him playfully and whispered, "Because... walls have ears."

what!

Gu Yue's first reaction was to look left and right at the wall.

Then he immediately realized something was wrong and focused his attention back on Su Zhen: "Oh my God, your business war is so..."

The posture for the tunnel warfare has been set.

Su Zhen’s expression is hard to describe.

Of course it’s because I noticed someone was following you when you just walked in!

Su Zhen looked at Gu Yue with a silly look on his face and suddenly felt that there was no need to tell him.

Is it necessary to follow and kill him if you want to kill him?

I guess someone is protecting him. After all, he gives people a very extraordinary feeling: ordinary in appearance, but...

There is a familiar feeling.

"...Yes, it's because of the confidentiality of the contract." Su Zhen said, "You should not disclose the contents of the contract."

"I understand." Gu Yue looked very clear. Employees were not allowed to discuss salaries in private. "Please keep my identity confidential as well."

"Please sign the contract. I'll also need your travel permit document." Su Zhen pushed the paper on the table to him.

"...Gu Dashi? That's your name." Su Zhen laughed as he looked at his pass.

"Stop making fun of me. I also want to be more elegant." Gu Yue was helpless. This was his fate as a cannon fodder.

The contract was ready. Su Zhen filled in the blanks and added and subtracted a few clauses, and it was done. Both parties signed with their fingerprints.

The contract was in duplicate, and Gu Yue kept it.

"I have a flexible deadline for submission, so don't worry." Su Zhen saw him out.

Gu Yue also asked for some books about the customs and anecdotes of Northern Qin. Su Zhen sold them to him at cost price, spending less than one or two taels of silver.

Gu Yue left happily with the manuscript deposit and the contract.

The Hangdou Bookstore branch also reopened.

Wu Feng, who was locked outside and anxious, saw Gu Yue coming out and hurriedly followed him. The shop owner was very alert and he couldn't hear any whispers. He only knew that Gu Yue came in happily and came out happily.

It's probably about the submission, right? But what's with the pile of books he's holding?

When Gu Yue returned to the back hall of the restaurant, the first thing he did was to find the manager and pay him some money to ask him to help arrange a separate room for him.

There were originally six or seven people working together. Gu Yue never complained and worked seriously. He did not cheat or play tricks just because he had connections. The manager looked at him and thought that he was doing a good job. The rate of trouble in the restaurant had dropped. Moreover, the report was really clever. The menu that was changed to match the sales volume made the restaurant a lot of money...

And it was arranged by the boss.

"Okay! No problem." The manager happily got the job done and pointed to the secluded room next to the vegetable warehouse.

"Thank you very much." Gu Yue clasped his fists and said with a smile.

It's not that he was extravagant and spent money recklessly, it's just that the original dormitory had no table and the privacy was not good. If someone stole his manuscript, he would be in trouble.

Of course, there is also the reason that except for him, the other six are all big smelly feet, snoring and grinding teeth men...

Spend money to avoid disaster.

He didn't have any classes today, so Gu Yue hid in his new room and started studying the pile of miscellaneous books.

……

Xiaoluo Village.

Qin Zhaoyue has lived here for half a month.

During this period, no one came to look for him. Xiaoluo Village is located beside the Xiaoluo River and is not conspicuous. One has to walk along an 18-bend mountain road to reach the nearest town.

Qin Zhaoyue's clothes were washed and returned by Miss Wu Yue, but they were already tattered and could not be worn. The letter arrow hidden in the interlayer was completely soaked and scrapped, and the silver was lost, leaving only two soaked silver bills, which might be usable after drying.